English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Morris Brow

Other OS name in the Parish of Lowther

Historical Forms

  • le Morhoues a.1286 Lowth

Etymology

, 1859OS , le Morhoues a. 1286Lowth , ' moor hills ' , mōr , haugr .